Geography

Ayvagediği is in Toroslar

Toroslar

Toroslar is a municipality and district governorate in Greater Mersin, Turkey. Mersin is one of 16 metropolitan centers in Turkey with more than one municipality within city borders. Now in Mersin there are four intracity municipalities in addition of Greater Mersin municipality...

 district, capital of which is actually in Greater Mersin. Ayvagediği is a mountain town at an average altitude of 1180 metres (3,871.4 ft) in a valley on Toros Mountains. It is an example of a series of towns called yayla

Yayla (resort)

Yayla is a name given to the summer mountain resorts in Turkey.- Etymology :Nomadic herdsmen of Turkic origin used to call their herding locations by different names depending on the season. Yazlak, yaylak, güzlek and kışlak referred to herding locations of different seasons of the year...

(just like the neighbouring town Gözne

Gözne

- Geography :Gözne at is north of Mersin. It is situated in the southern slopes of Toros Mountains. The average altitude is . In some locations of the town, both Mersin and the Mediterranean Sea can be viewed...

) , which are used as summer residences for city dwellers in Mediterranean

Mediterranean Region, Turkey

The Mediterranean Region is one of Turkey's seven census-defined geographical regions . It is bordered by the Aegean Region to the west, the Central Anatolia Region to the north, the Eastern Anatolia Region to the northeast, the Southeastern Anatolia Region to the east, Syria to the southeast, and...

 and Aegean

Aegean Region

Aegean Region , is one of the 7 census-defined regions of Turkey, and in Western Asia.It is located in the west part of the country: bounded by Aegean Sea on the west; Marmara Region on the north;...

 regions of Turkey. The town is at 37°01′N 34°34′E. Distance to Mersin is 34 kilometres (21.1 mi). The settled (winter) population is 2299 as of 2010.

Economy

Main agricultural crops are fruits such as grapes, apples, apricots, pear

Pear

The pear is any of several tree species of genus Pyrus and also the name of the pomaceous fruit of these trees. Several species of pear are valued by humans for their edible fruit, but the fruit of other species is small, hard, and astringent....

s etc. Another economic activity is domestic tourism or more precisely yayla

Yayla (resort)

Yayla is a name given to the summer mountain resorts in Turkey.- Etymology :Nomadic herdsmen of Turkic origin used to call their herding locations by different names depending on the season. Yazlak, yaylak, güzlek and kışlak referred to herding locations of different seasons of the year...

tourism. (actice commerce and house rentals etc. during summer mounts .)